If we go by the current way of how things are supposed to work, theoretically the current board members don't
technically qualify to stand as directors by our rules. Where is the money for their membership going, now unless they are
keeping the money in a piggy bank or a box buried deep in the garden, or are they simply are not paying it, if a company cant take membership then the directors can be no more a part of WMUK that than anyone else. We need to agree on
some set rules on how we continue as a chapter instead of using rules that dont apply. We obviously cant pay
membership so we need some other guidelines until that is possible. I think using some common sense as Delphine has
suggested is the best way forward right now.

> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:15:52 +0100
> From: thomas.dalton@gmail.com
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The status of Wiki Educational Resources as an official Wikimedia Chapter
>
> > I would agree with that. Maybe there is a need for "Friends of
> > Wikimedia UK" membership? In the same way that you are a "friend" of
> > your favourite charity e.g. The British Museum.
>
> There already is, that's what Gordon was talking about. You can be a
> "member", which just means you pay some money each year and just
> generally support the chapter, like a "friends of" thing, or you can
> be a "guarantor member" which involves paying slightly more each year
> and gets you a vote at the AGM and means you can stand as director. It
> also means you are liable for up to Ł1 of the company's debts if it
> gets wound up (goes bankrupt).
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